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Obesity has been on the rise in the United States over the past three decades, and is high. In addition to population-wide trends, it is clear that obesity affects some groups more than others and can be associated with age, income, education, gender, race and ethnicity, and geographic region. To reverse the obesity epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) promotes evidence-based and practice-informed strategies to address nutrition and physical activity environments and behaviors. These public health strategies require translation into actionable approaches that can be implemented by state and local entities to address disparities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used findings from an expert panel meeting to guide the development and dissemination of the Health Equity Resource Toolkit for State Practitioners Addressing Obesity Disparities (available at http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/health_equity/toolkit.html). The Toolkit helps public health practitioners take a systematic approach to program planning using a health equity lens. The Toolkit provides a six-step process for planning, implementing, and evaluating strategies to address obesity disparities. Each section contains (a) a basic description of the steps of the process and suggested evidence-informed actions to help address obesity disparities, (b) practical tools for carrying out activities to help reduce obesity disparities, and (c) a "real-world" case study of a successful state-level effort to address obesity with a focus on health equity that is particularly relevant to the content in that section. Hyperlinks to additional resources are included throughout.

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); SciMetrika, LLC;

Published:

2012

Description:

The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) Health Equity Resource Toolkit for State Practitioners Addressing Obesity Disparities is to increase the capacity of sta...

National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Community Health.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); ICF International (Firm);

Published:

5/16/16

Series:

Communities transforming to make healthy living easier

Description:

As communities seek ways to become healthier places, they face an array of choices on how to intervene—choices that can seem daunting. Which interventions are possible? Which are likely to have the greatest impact and make a real and lasting differ...

National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion (U.S.); National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.);

Published:

4/8/2008

Description:

In response to the 1979 Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Healthy People, the Center for Health Promotion and Education was created at CDC in 1981. This center was established as a broad-based entity that focused on...

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Office on Smoking and Health.; Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Center for Public Health Systems Science.;

Published:

2015

Description:

This user guide focuses on how comprehensive tobacco control programs can work to achieve health equity : in tobacco prevention and control. Best Practices recommends that “Identifying and eliminating tobacco- related disparities among population g...